Timoxenos

Timoxenos was a priest of Asclepius in Argolis, Greece during the 5th century BC.

Biography
Timoxenos was a priest of Asclepius at the Sanctuary of Asclepius in Argolis, Greece, and, during the mid-5th century BC, he was forced into silence and submission by the priestess Chrysis. In 431 BC, the mercenary Kassandra approached him in search of a Spartan woman who had left her child at the sancutary years before. Timoxenos was initially wary about the consequences of talking with Kassandra, but he decided to take her on a tour of the stone records of the Sanctuary while telling her about Chrysis. They were interrupted by another priest, Pleistos, and Kassandra reasoned that Timoxenos was showing her to the Sanctuary. Timoxenos then rendezvoused with Kassandra at the Olive Tree of Herakles, where he told her that the Spartan woman left both her baby and his blanket at the Sanctuary, believing that the baby was dying, and that the blanket brought back too many bad memories. Pleistos and some Cultist guards then arrived at the tree, and Kassandra had Timoxenos flee as she killed Pleistos and his guards.